Legal Opinion
City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided August 14, 1985No. 83-1919PublishedCited by 3,833 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Rehnquist, joined by The Chief Justice, Justice White, and Justice O’Connor
In Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Services, 436 U. S. 658 (1978), this Court held that municipalities are “persons” subject to damages liability under § 1 of the Ku Klux Act of 1871, 42 U. S. C. §1983, for violations of that Act visited by municipal officials. The Court noted, however, that municipal liability could not be premised on the mere fact that the municipality employed the offending official. Instead, we held that municipal liability could only be imposed for injuries inflicted pursuant to government “policy or custom.” Id., at 694. We noted at that time that we had “no…
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